And Labour former Cabinet minister David Blunkett expressed concerns that the new government had made announcements outside the Commons on changing the voting system, Lords reform, spending cuts and the mechanism for dissolving Parliament.
In the coming weeks The Economist will set out its own views on how to reform not just the electoral system but also the House of Lords, party funding and other bits of the political structure.
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Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg prompted widespread derision from the opposition benches as he declined to rule out taking a seat in the House of Lords under an appointed system, were his planned reforms to fail.
On Wednesday Mr Brown set out some of his intentions for constitutional reform - which included looking at whether Britain should change the first-past-the-post electoral system and reforming the House of Lords - both of which would be unlikely to change before next election.
First, we propose that the House of Commons - and then subsequently the House of Lords - move from the old system of self-regulation to independent, statutory regulation.
So following a meeting of the House Committee of the House of Lords, and at their request, I have today written to the senior salaries review body to ask them to review the system of financial support in the House of Lords to increase accountability, transparency and reduce cost.
He is a member of the cabinet, serves as speaker of the House of Lords, appoints judges and manages the court system, and can sit when he likes as a member of Britain's highest court.
The U.S. Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act of 1999 freezes the U.S.-based assets of international drug traffickers and denies designated drug lords access to the U.S. financial system.
All want the House of Lords to be wholly or largely elected under a proportional voting system.
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Speaking during oral questions on 25 May 2011, Leader of the Lords Lord Strathclyde told peers the proposal would cost more than the current system where peers are paid a daily attendance allowance.
The day kicks off with the splendour of the sovereign's procession from Buckingham Palace to the Lords which delights tourists, but which pitches the capital's traffic system into chaos for the rest of the day.
In particular, Jesse Norman, who spearheaded the successful rebellion against Coalition plans to overhaul the House of Lords, and George Eustice who rallied backbench support for a Leveson-style press regulation system, have been brought inside the tent.
Unless Britain moves to a fully federal system, therefore, the Bundesrat is unlikely to prove much of a model for a new House of Lords.
In an attempt to counter the proliferation of these courts, a Bill has been tabled in the House of Lords by Baroness Cox calling for Sharia courts to be outlawed where they conflict with the British legal system.
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As well as Lords reform, (or not), there will probably be big bills on the welfare system, higher education, business rates, and a series of political reform issues, like a power for voters to recall MPs and a register of lobbyists.
More planning fun, too, in the Lords, where peers will be debating the Government's consultation paper on proposed changes to the planning system and then the impact of Government policy on universities.
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